Spencer Williams: movies and TV shows
Spencer Williams has 51 credits in the archive: 49 films and 2 TV series, from 1929 to 1983. Highest rated: Amos 'n' Andy (7.6/10).
Career timeline
1929 – 1983 · busiest year: 1929 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy | Self | Film | 7.0 | 89 |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 81 |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | TV | 6.0 | 65 | |
| 1951 | Amos 'n' Andy | Andy Brown | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1949 | Rhapsody of Negro Life | Spencer Jordan | Film | — | 55 |
| 1949 | Rhapsody of Negro Life | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1947 | Juke Joint | Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1947 | Juke Joint | Film | 6.5 | 53 | |
| 1947 | Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. | Old Hager | Film | 4.8 | 53 |
| 1947 | Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. | Film | 4.8 | 53 | |
| 1946 | Jivin' in Bebop | Film | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1946 | Girl in Room 20 | Joe Phillips | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1946 | Girl in Room 20 | Film | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 1946 | Beale Street Mama | Bad News Johnson | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1946 | Beale Street Mama | Film | 9.0 | 52 | |
| 1945 | The Negro Sailor | Frank Roberts - columnist | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1945 | Harlem Hotshots | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1944 | Of One Blood | Wesley Hill | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1944 | Of One Blood | Film | 5.5 | 50 | |
| 1944 | Of One Blood | Film | 5.5 | 50 | |
| 1944 | Go Down Death | Big Jim Bottoms | Film | 3.1 | 50 |
| 1944 | Go Down Death | Film | 3.1 | 50 | |
| 1943 | Marching On! | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1943 | Marching On! | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1942 | Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1942 | Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1942 | Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1941 | The Blood of Jesus | Razz Jackson | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1941 | The Blood of Jesus | Film | 5.0 | 47 | |
| 1941 | The Blood of Jesus | Film | 5.0 | 47 | |
| 1941 | The Blood of Jesus | Film | 5.0 | 47 | |
| 1940 | Son of Ingagi | Detective Nelson | Film | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1940 | Son of Ingagi | Film | 4.2 | 46 | |
| 1940 | Son of Ingagi | Film | 4.2 | 46 | |
| 1939 | Bad Boy | Terry | Film | 4.2 | 45 |
| 1939 | Harlem Rides the Range | Watson | Film | 3.9 | 45 |
| 1939 | Harlem Rides the Range | Film | 3.9 | 45 | |
| 1939 | Harlem Rides the Range | Film | 3.9 | 45 | |
| 1939 | The Bronze Buckaroo | Pete | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1938 | Two-Gun Man from Harlem | Butch Carter | Film | 4.8 | 44 |
| 1937 | Harlem on the Prairie | Doc Clayburn | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1931 | Hot Biskits | Film | 5.0 | 37 | |
| 1931 | Hot Biskits | Film | 5.0 | 37 | |
| 1931 | Hot Biskits | Film | 5.0 | 37 | |
| 1930 | Georgia Rose | Ezra | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1929 | Melancholy Dame | Webster Dill | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1929 | The Framing of the Shrew | Lawyer Evans Chew | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1929 | Brown Gravy | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1929 | The Lady Fare | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1929 | The Lady Fare | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1929 | The Widow's Bite | Film | — | 35 |